Documentary · Burkina Faso · 1983 · 11m

The Bowls

Les écuelles

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Synopsis

In a Mossi village (in Burkina Faso), two elderly men make traditional wooden bowls used for everyday purposes. The work is difficult and meticulous, and has been abandoned by young people who seem to have left the village.

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